Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular way, you can count on change and external circumstances to come along which will challenge that decision. Remain vigilant after declaring a major decision and manage yourself in relationship to the goal. Set up structures that support you staying on target.

If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.

That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies wear, so that he can describe them for his paper and make them out finer than they are and get bribes for it and become wealthy.

I prefer milk because I am a Prohibitionist, but I do not go to it for inspiration.

When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.